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  1. arsenic A poisonous chemical used to kill weeds and pests. Also used in cancer therapy.
  2. arsenic trioxide (AR-seh-nik try-OK-side) A drug used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) that has not gotten better or that has come back after treatment with…
  3. ARSI Atmospheric Research System, Inc.
  4. Arson the intentional and unlawful burning of a building or other property.
  5. arson / explosives Arson investigation is the science of determining the cause of a fire. It is necessary for experts in this field to be knowledgeable in scientific, as…
  6. ARSPACE U.S. Army Space Command.
  7. ARSPACECOM [United States] Army Space Command.
  8. ARSPOC Army Space Operations Center.
  9. ART The Automatic Radiotheodolite. A ground-based radio direction finder that automatically tracks a ballon-borne radiosonde.
  10. art line Synonym [loosely] artificial transmission line.
  11. art or prior art A term used in consideration of the problem of patentable novelty encompassing all that is known prior to the filing date of the application in the…
  12. Art Unit A subunit of a patent examining group. Also called Group Art Unit. MPEP 502.
  13. Artículo 78 Un procedimiento especial que se efectúa para oponerse a las actividades de un organismo administrativo.
  14. Artículo 81 Un procedimiento especial bajo la Ley de Salud Mental (Mental Hygiene Law) para nombrar a una persona como tutor de otra..
  15. ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center
  16. Artemisinins A class of drugs used for the treatment (not prevention) of malaria usually as a part of a combination therapy, derived from the sweet wormwood or Qinghao…
  17. arterial embolization (ar-TEER-ee-ul EM-boh-lih-ZAY-zhun) The blocking of an artery by a clot of foreign material.
  18. arteriogram (ar-TEER-ee-oh-gram) An x-ray of arteries. The person receives an injection of a dye that outlines the vessels on the x-ray.
  19. arteriography (ar-TEE-ree-AH-gruh-fee) A procedure to x-ray arteries. The arteries can be seen because of an injection of a dye that outlines the vessels on the x-ray.
  20. artery (AR-tuh-ree) A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to tissues and organs in the body.
  21. Artesian water (artesian pressure) Groundwater that is under pressure when tapped by a well and is able to rise above the level at which it is first encountered.
  22. Artesian Well Water held under pressure in porous rock or soil confined by impermeable geologic formations. An artesian well is free flowing. See confined aquifer.
  23. arthralgia (ar-THRAL-juh) Joint pain.
  24. arthritis A disease that causes inflammation and pain in the joints.
  25. article Synonym posting.
  26. Article of Manufacture A product, a physical thing. There is no clear difference between an article of manufacture and a machine. Under U.S.
  27. Article XI, Section 11 (Texas Constitution) Provides that home rule cities may provide by charter or charter amendment and general law cities by election may select a longer term of office than 2…
  28. articulation index A measure of the intelligibility of voice signals, expressed as a percentage of speech units that are understood by the listener when heard out of context.
  29. articulation score (AS) A subjective measure of the intelligibility of a voice system in terms of the percentage of words correctly understood over a channel perturbed by…
  30. Artifact An object produced or shaped by human beings and of archaeological or historical interest.
  31. Artificial Control A weir or other man-made structure which serves as the control for a stream-gaging station.
  32. Artificial drains Man-made or constructed drains.
  33. artificial inembryonation Non-surgical transfer of embryo(s) to a recipient female. As in vitro embryo technology develops, artificial inembryonation may replace artificial…
  34. artificial insemination (Abbreviation: AI). The deposition of semen, using a syringe, at the mouth of the uterus to make conception possible.
  35. artificial intelligence field of computer science that deals with the development of systems that mimic human intelligence, such as expert systems and natural language processing…
  36. Artificial Intelligence (AI) The subfield of computer science concerned with the concepts and methods of symbolic inference by computer and symbolic knowledge representation for use…
  37. artificial lures and flies Means man-made devices intended as visual attractants for fish and does not include living or dead organisms or edible parts thereof, natural or prepared…
  38. artificial medium See: culture medium.
  39. artificial pacemaker (AR-tih-FIH-shul PAYS-may-ker) An electronic device that is implanted in the body to monitor heart rate and rhythm.
  40. Artificial recharge Addition of surface water to a ground water reservoir by human activity, such as putting surface water into spreading basins.
  41. artificial seed Encapsulated or coated somatic embryos that are planted and treated like seed.
  42. artificial selection The practice of choosing individuals from a population for reproduction, usually because these individuals possess one or more desirable traits.
  43. artificial transmission line A four-terminal electrical network, i.e. an electrical circuit, that has the characteristic impedance, transmission time delay, phase shift, and/or other…
  44. ARTS Automated Resources Training System.
  45. ARU Alignment Reference Unit (PAC-3).
  46. ARWRI American River Water Resources Investigation.
  47. arzoxifene hydrochloride (ar-ZOX-ih-feen HY-droh-KLOR-ide) A substance being studied in the treatment of osteoporosis and breast cancer.
  48. AS assistant secretary.
  49. As-is Condition The purchase or sale of a property in its existing condition without repairs.
  50. ASA Abbreviation for allele-specific amplification.
  51. ASAF Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
  52. ASAF (A) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition).
  53. asant A Java-based build tool that can be extended using Java classes. The configuration files are XML-based, calling out a target tree where various tasks get…
  54. ASAP as soon as possible.
  55. ASAPTRAN The software component of ASAP.
  56. ASARC Army Systems Acquisition Review Council.
  57. ASARS Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System.
  58. ASAS (1) All Source Analysis System. (2) Advanced Solid Axial Stage.
  59. ASAT Antisatellite Weapon.
  60. ASB Aviation Support Branch
  61. asbestos A toxic material that was once used in housing insulation and fireproofing. Because some forms of asbestos have been linked to certain lung diseases, it…
  62. asbestosis (as-bes-TOH-sis) A lung disease caused by breathing in particles of asbestos (a group of minerals that take the form of tiny fibers).
  63. ASBM Air-to-Surface Ballistic Missile.
  64. ASC Administrative Service Center.
  65. ASCC Alaskan System Coordination Council (part of NERC).
  66. ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers.
  67. Ascending Going upstream against the current.
  68. ASCII An acronym for American Standard Code that allocates a number to each key on the keyboard and that can be traded and read by most computer systems.
  69. ASCII (Acronym for American Standard Code) ASCII is a code that assigns a number to each key on the keyboard. ASCII text does not include special formatting features and therefore can be exchanged…
  70. ascites (uh-SY-teez) Abnormal buildup of fluid in the abdomen that may cause swelling. In late-stage cancer, tumor cells may be found in the fluid in the abdomen.
  71. ASCM Advance Spaceborne Computer Module
  72. ASCMP Administrative Support Career Management Program.
  73. ASCO Advanced Systems Concept Office
  74. ASCON Associate Contractor
  75. ascorbic acid (uh-SKOR-bik A-sid) One of several vitamins that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy.
  76. ascospore One of the spores contained in the ascus of certain fungi.
  77. ASCS Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
  78. ascus (pl.: asci) Reproductive sac in the sexual stage of a type of fungi (Ascomycetes) in which ascospores are produced.
  79. ASD (1) OBSOLETE Aeronautical Systems Division (AF). See Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC). (2) Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  80. ASDC Alternated Space Defense Center
  81. ASDP Advanced Sensor Demonstration Program.
  82. ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
  83. ASEDP Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Program.
  84. aseptic Sterile, free of contaminating organisms (bacteria, fungi, algae but not generally including viruses, and particularly not internal symbionts ).
  85. asexual Reproduction not involving meiosis or the union of gametes.
  86. asexual embryogenesis See: somatic cell embryogenesis.
  87. asexual propagation Vegetative, somatic, non-sexual reproduction of a plant without fertilization.
  88. Asexual reproduction Nonsexual means of reproduction which can include grafting and budding.
  89. Ash The non-combustible residue of a combusted substance composed primarily of alkali and metal oxides.
  90. ASHRAE Abbreviation for the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
  91. Asian language tokenization Tokenization (word segmentation) for Asian languages requires special treatment.
  92. ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit.
  93. ASIOE Associated Support Items of Equipment (USA term).
  94. Ask The ask price (a shortening of asked price) is the price at which a market maker or broker offers to sell a security or commodity.
  95. Asking Price A seller's stated price for a property.
  96. ASL Above Sea Level
  97. ASM (1) Anti-Simulation. (2) Anti-ship Missile. (3) Air-to-Surface Missile.
  98. ASMD Anti-ship Missile Defense.
  99. ASMDC Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, AL (1998).
  100. ASMP French Air Surface Missile